Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Shared Services

Terence Flanagan

606. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the efficiencies being achieved in the sectors under his remit, regarding the use of shared services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18834/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Dominic Hannigan

607. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects high speed fibre broadband will be extended to a townland (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18212/15]

Renewable Energy Projects

Joe Costello

608. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he expects to meet the 20-20-20 energy targets; if there is a renewable energy model in place; the role he envisages for solar, wind, wave, geothermal, and microgeneration; if he has a policy in relation to renewable energy feed-in tariffs for homes and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18422/15]

Departmental Bodies

Fergus O'Dowd

609. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within his Department, funded by or established by his Department, which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this Government was formed; the amount saved in each case; the reduction in staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18430/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Gabrielle McFadden

610. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the towns in County Longford and County Westmeath that will be connected with fibre-to-the-home by the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18452/15]

Vacancies on State Boards

Joe Costello

611. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist, or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise, up to and including 1 January 2016; the number of vacancies in each case; when the vacancy arose or will arise; if the vacancy relates to a chair or a member; if he will provide details of the appointment process in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18475/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Anthony Lawlor

612. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources when e-fibre broadband will be available to residents on the Timahoe-Hodgestown Road near the Coolcarrigan mast in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18512/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Anthony Lawlor

613. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources when rural areas such as Thomastown and Enfield in County Meath, which appear to be beyond the reach of Eircom's commercial efibre roll-out, may expect to have access to efibre broadband, under the Government's national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18513/15]

Energy Policy

Ciaran Lynch

614. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the White Paper on Energy Policy will be published; the opportunity that will be provided for public consultation; if particular consideration will be given to the future of the oil refinery in Whitegate in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18517/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Bernard Durkan

615. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress to date in respect of efibre roll-out, with particular reference to Johnstownbridg in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18567/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Seamus Kirk

616. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the roll-out of the broadband scheme; the time frame of same to maximise growth potentials in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18595/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Jerry Buttimer

617. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when Carrigaline and Douglas in County Cork will be provided with high-speed broadband; if he will provide details of the exact areas in each location that will benefit from high-speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18608/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

618. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had meetings with a company (details supplied); the outcome of these meetings; the likely impact of this company's proposed operations on the roll-out of broadband nationally, under the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18683/15]

Motor Insurance Regulation

Noel Grealish

619. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the sharp rise in the cost of motor insurance in 2015; the causes of this; his plans to address the spiralling cost of car insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18142/15]

Trans European Transport Network Programme

Michelle Mulherin

620. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details, including cost and source of funding, of the projects for Ireland which will proceed under the Trans-European Network for Transport and the Connecting Europe Facility Regulations 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18100/15]

Trans European Transport Network Programme

Michelle Mulherin

621. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects for the west of Ireland that will proceed under the Trans-European Network for Transport and the Connecting Europe Facility Regulations 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18102/15]

Motor Fuels

Michael Creed

622. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a submission from the Irish Petrol Retailers Association in connection with the problem of forecourt drive-offs; his views on the content of this submission; the initiatives he proposes in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18131/15]

Driver Licence Applications

Michael McCarthy

623. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driving licence will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the normal processing times for same; and if the matter will be expedited, in view of the fact that the person requires same to avail of a job opportunity. [18149/15]

State Airports

Ciaran Lynch

624. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount and nature of the debt ascribed to Cork Airport by the Dublin Airport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18150/15]

Road Projects Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

625. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the total amount of funding allocated per route, in tabular form, for all national primary roads and motorways, for each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18204/15]

Tourism Promotion

Fergus O'Dowd

626. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for a festival (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18216/15]

Driving Test Regulations

Fergus O'Dowd

627. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a refund will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Louth, who has been charged for non-attendance at a driver theory test, which non-attendance was due to a misunderstanding regarding the date of the test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18235/15]

Motor Fuels

Michael McCarthy

628. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to proposals by the Irish Petrol Retailers Association with regard to tackling forecourt drive-offs; if the Government is considering any proposals to counteract such illegal activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18348/15]

Road Traffic Offences

Thomas P. Broughan

629. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 29 April 2015, in which he stated that he had asked the Road Safety Authority to reply, if he will revisit the question, as the parliamentary question specifically requests his opinion on the authority's figures. [18396/15]

Departmental Bodies Abolition

Fergus O'Dowd

630. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within his Department, funded by or established by his Department, which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this Government was formed; the amount saved in each case; the reduction in staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18442/15]

Vacancies on State Boards

Joe Costello

631. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist, or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise, up to and including 1 January 2016; the number of vacancies in each case; when the vacancy arose or will arise; if the vacancy relates to a chair or a member; if he will provide details of the appointment process in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18474/15]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Finian McGrath

632. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a sports grant for a local community sports club (details supplied) in north Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18490/15]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Finian McGrath

633. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a local community sports club (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18491/15]

Aviation Industry Promotion

Denis Naughten

634. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps which he will take to try to secure direct flights from China to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18514/15]

Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme

Clare Daly

635. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the safeguards in place in relation to the outstanding pension dispute with regard to the Irish Airlines (General Employees) Superannuation Scheme part of the resolution, which involves the winding up of the supplementary pension No. 2 scheme, which has not yet been finalised; and to ensure that this matter is resolved, prior to any potential sale of the airline. [18598/15]

Harbour Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

636. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent resignations from the board of the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company; if his attention has been drawn to any legal proceedings being taken against the harbour company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18620/15]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

637. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding grant aid assistance in respect of a rowing club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18638/15]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Dan Neville

638. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding an application for a sports grant in respect of a sportsfield development (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18648/15]

Rail Network

Éamon Ó Cuív

639. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the instruction he has provided to Iarnród Éireann to protect the land it holds along disused railway lines, and in particular if he has issued an instruction to preserve the integrity of the disused railway lines from Athenry in County Galway to Colooney in County Sligo, from Rathkeale in County Limerick to Tralee in County Kerry, and from Navan in County Meath to Kingscourt in County Cavan, and to prevent encroachment onto State lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18668/15]

National Parks and Wildlife Service Remit

Finian McGrath

640. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the internationally recognised importance of Bull Island as a nature reserve and that it has the most designations for any site in the Republic, including as a United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organisation-designated biosphere reserve, as a national nature reserve, as a special protection area under the European Union birds directive, and as a special area of conservation under the European Union habitats directive, and in view of the ongoing threat to its wildlife from persons and unleashed dogs, if she will arrange for funds to be made available for the employment of a wildlife ranger and dog warden, exclusively for the island. [18139/15]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Brendan Griffin

641. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a judicial review decision that was granted against the National Parks and Wildlife Service in relation to a matter (details supplied); if her Department has made efforts to resolve outstanding issues; the implications for the other boating operator; if her Department will now resolve the other boating operator's outstanding concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18105/15]

Departmental Bodies

Fergus O'Dowd

642. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within her Department, funded by or established by her Department, which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this Government was formed; the amount saved in each case; the reduction in staff as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18428/15]

Archaeological Sites

Clare Daly

643. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce the portable antiquities scheme in order for constructive metal detecting to complement regular archaeological work, reduce the heritage budget and increase archaeological knowledge, in view of the fact that archaeologists concede that items left in the soil will, over time, degrade and in the case of plough soil will be completely fragmented and destroyed. [18456/15]

Vacancies on State Boards

Joe Costello

644. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist, or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise, up to and including 1 January 2016; the number of vacancies in each case; when the vacancy arose or will arise; if the vacancy relates to a chair or a member; if she will provide details of the appointment process in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18473/15]

Island Communities

Dara Calleary

645. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will review funding for island development offices (details supplied). [18496/15]

Heritage Council

Anne Ferris

646. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the recent announcement that the Alfred Beit Foundation is to auction valuable artwork; if this artwork is part of the works left by the Beits, in trust for the cultural benefit of the Irish State; if other measures have been explored by her Department to fund necessary works at Russborough House in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18653/15]

Wildlife Conservation

Regina Doherty

647. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding an alleged breach of the Wildlife Acts in February 2014 (details supplied) in Donabate in County Dublin; and if she will instruct the National Parks and Wildlife Service to report on the status of the complaint made. [18699/15]

Wildlife Conservation

Regina Doherty

648. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the transformer which was damaged, allegedly by a person (details supplied) in Donabate in County Dublin, in February 2015; and if she will instruct the Electricity Supply Board to report on the repair works required, including costs. [18700/15]

Foreshore Issues

Regina Doherty

649. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will instruct the National Parks and Wildlife Service to report on the status of the request to remove an area of the Broadmeadow Estuary in Donabate in County Dublin from the Annual Foreshore Licence issued under the Wildlife Acts. [18701/15]